The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma

Bessel van der Kolk

Jazyk:	anglicky
Počet stran:	464
Formát:	12,9 x 19,8 cm
Nakladatel:	Penguin
Vazba:	měkká

Cena:	319,00 Kč

• Anotace

  'Dr. van der Kolk's masterpiece combines the boundless curiosity of the scientist, the erudition of the scholar, and the passion of the truth teller' Judith Herman, author of Trauma and Recovery

  The effects of trauma can be devastating for sufferers, their families and future generations. Here one of the world's experts on traumatic stress offers a bold new paradigm for treatment, moving away from standard talking and drug therapies and towards an alternative approach that heals mind, brain and body.

  'Van der Kolk draws on thirty years of experience to argue powerfully that trauma is one of the West's most urgent public health issues ... Packed with science and human stories' New Scientist
  
  'Breathtaking in its scope and breadth, a seminal work by one of the preeminent pioneers in trauma research and treatment' Peter A. Levine, author of In An Unspoken Voice

  
  

  Review

  Everyone should read this book -- Nigella Lawson
  
  Fascinating, hard to put down, and filled with powerful case histories. . . . the most important series of breakthroughs in mental health in the last thirty years -- Norman Doidge, author of The Brain That Changes Itself
  
  A gripping bestseller about where trauma goes, and its disastrous effects on both individuals and societies. Deeply interesting. ― Times
  
  Dr. van der Kolk's masterpiece combines the boundless curiosity of the scientist, the erudition of the scholar, and the passion of the truth teller -- Judith Herman, M.D., author of Trauma and Recovery
  
  A seminal book that outlines the author's pioneering work -- Thea Jane May ― Vogue
  
  Draws on 30 years of experience to argue powerfully that trauma is one of the West's most urgent public health issues... Packed with science and human stories ... van der Kolk has a lot to say, and the struggle and resilience of his patients is very moving ― New Scientist
  
  Fundamental in understanding how our physical self is connected to all the things we go through and beyond -- Gemma Cairney
  
  A masterpiece of powerful understanding and brave heartedness, one of the most intelligent and helpful works on trauma I have ever read. . . a brilliant synthesis of clinical cases, neuroscience, powerful tools and caring humanity, offering a whole new level of healing -- Jack Kornfied, author of A Path With Heart
  
  Incredible -- William Leith, 'Books of the Year' ― Evening Standard

  About the Author

  Dr Bessel van der Kolk is one of the world's foremost experts on traumatic stress. He is the founder and medical director of the Trauma Center in Boston, USA, and the director of the Complex Trauma Treatment Network. A past professor of psychiatry at Boston University Medical School, Dr van der Kolk is the author of several scholarly books and over a hundred scientific articles.
• Další informace

  ISBN/EAN:	9780141978611
  Rok vydání:	2015

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